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payment mechanisms  

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  • Payment mechanisms are the methods by which healthcare providers are reimbursed for the goods and services they provide. Payment mechanisms include those made by the patient, or first-party payments; health insurer, or third-party payments; and those payments that are assumed by the healthcare provider, or second-party payments. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; Payment Mechanisms]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FK3TMCP6-2

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